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The World This Week: India refuses to sign SCO statement

The world this week | SCO silent on Pahalgam terror attack; uncertainty looms large amid tenuous Israel-Iran ceasefire; India, US hold final round of trade talks

July 06, 2025 9:26 am

From India refusing to sign the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s draft joint statement, and Iran hinting at suspending cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog to New Delhi and Washington seeking to finalise a trade deal ahead of the July 9 deadline, and Rwanda and Congo signing a peace deal, a lot has happened in the world this week.

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to skip NATO summit, source says

June 23, 2025 12:11 pm

South Korea and Australia, which along with New Zealand and Japan make up the IP4, have also said their leaders would not attend the NATO summit meeting.

NATO leaders to meet amid Israel-Iran conflict: What’s on the table?

June 21, 2025 1:40 pm

Leaders from all 32 NATO member nations, including US President Donald Trump, are expected to attend.

Why does the first lady of a country at war need a stylist?

July 15, 2024 5:57 pm

Olena Zelanska's stylist explain how she has used fashion to create an image of what it means to be first lady of a country under siege.

UK PM Keir Starmer meets US President Biden.

Special relationship with US is stronger than ever: UK PM Keir Starmer

July 11, 2024 5:53 am

Starmer was in Washington for a meeting of NATO leaders, his first international summit.

US says Ukraine is on 'irreversible' path to NATO membership. But only after war with Russia ends

July 11, 2024 1:22 am

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Czech President Petr Pavel, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo all used the word “irreversible” to describe the way forward for Ukraine as NATO leaders gathered for a summit in Washington.

Biden looks to make the case at the NATO summit that he is still up for the job

July 09, 2024 10:36 am

Heads of state from Europe and North America are confronting the prospect of the return of NATO skeptic Donald Trump as Biden tries to save his reelection campaign, which has been in a tailspin following a disastrous June 27 debate performance against Trump.

Starmer began putting together his government soon after he walked through the door of 10 Downing St. on Friday afternoon following his landslide election victory.

NATO summit, mending EU relations among first tasks for new UK leader Keir Starmer

July 06, 2024 5:03 pm

It’s a daunting list for a new leader who has never served in, much less led, a government. But Starmer, who was officially appointed prime minister Friday, insisted that he is up to the challenge of heading the U.K. in a world that is “a more volatile place” than it has been for many years.

China backing Russia, NATO looking East: Why Indo-Pacific is at centre of global order

July 20, 2023 11:20 am

The rules-based international order established after World War II currently stands on shaky ground. For NATO, acting East requires careful consideration and abundant caution.

NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

July 05, 2022 5:27 pm

The move further increases Russia's strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February and military struggles there since.